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Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-11-2013, 08:04 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

I used the Randolph non-tautening nitrate with nitrate thinnner and then when that ran out with butyrate thinner. Both thinners worked fine. I would imagine the Aerogloss (in those little glass...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-10-2013, 07:40 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

Here's the sheen with four thin coats of PolyC.
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-07-2013, 01:34 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

Level of sheen after three thin coats of PolyC.
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-06-2013, 06:23 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

I'm giving the underside of the elevators a third coat right now. I had intended to give them a more durable finish anyway and this will give me a chance to see how three coats look. I'll post...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-06-2013, 04:12 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

Sheen is a good word. The dope finish on work-a-day aircraft has sheen not gloss. Anyway, my own personal choice on my CI was go use PolyC which produces a smooth but still not glossy finish. At...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-05-2013, 11:15 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

That's why we have the other expression: "There's no accounting for taste." ;)

VG, some of the old photos positively scream "slick" to my eye and the mirror-like reflections are there for all...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-05-2013, 05:10 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/beauty-is-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder.html

:D
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-04-2013, 09:58 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

VG, the underside of that SE5a wing looks pretty glossy in the painting! :D
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-04-2013, 03:10 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

There is a huge amount of variability seen in the crosses in the datafile photos. But one thing to notice is the thin struts. This shows that this particular CI was from an early production batch...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-03-2013, 04:12 AM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

Here are a couple more "glossy" CI photos. I assume these were machines with a CDL wing, instead of the ones painted "baby blue" or "grey."
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
06-02-2013, 03:33 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

RE: How glossy is your WWI finish?

That may just be grime and discoloration of the old photograph.



It looks glossy to me to and that's why I started this thread. A lot of WWI guys seem to go for flat finishes. But as Bob...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
05-31-2013, 08:34 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 4,721
Posted By abufletcher

How glossy is your WWI finish?

Glossy, semi-gloss, or flat? What's your preference for a WWI-era finish. I think most of us, WWI modelers stay away from high-gloss, but all you have to do is look through any of the datafiles and...
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